Paris (AFP)
Chef Kei Kobayashi, based in Paris, became the first Japanese to be awarded three stars in France by the Michelin guide on Monday, who distinguished three new chefs with the supreme award, including Glenn Viel in Provence and Christopher Coutanceau in La Rochelle. (Where is).
"Three stars reward the sparkling journey of Kei Kobayashi, the first Japanese chef to obtain the supreme award in France, in the entire history of the Michelin Guide," said the red guide on his website.
A great lover of French cuisine, the chef with blond hair bleached in brush was trained at the schools of Gilles Goujon (L'Auberge du Vieux Puits) and Alain Ducasse (Plaza Athénée), where he invented his famous bar cooked on The shells.
He is the head of "Kei", a restaurant in the center of Paris, since 2011 and he won his first star the following year. He went on stage to receive his star at the Gabriel pavilion, in Paris, with Louis-Marie Robert, his auditor.
Other chefs crowned on Monday: Glenn Viel, in the kitchen of Oustau de Baumanière in Provence, and Christopher Coutanceau, for the restaurant bearing his name in La Rochelle.
First to be rewarded, Christopher Coutanceau, whose name came up regularly, received last year a prize for sustainable gastronomy, newly created, for his defense of sustainable and artisanal fishing.
"It is a team effort, a big thank you to our wives who carry and support us," he said alongside his master, Nicolas Brossat. Opened in 1984 by his father, his restaurant had two stars since 1986.
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